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United States Naval Academy Department of Economics

Critics of the international drug control regime contend that supply-oriented policy interventions are not just ineffective, but they also produce unintended adverse consequences. Research suggests their claims have merit. Lasting local reductions in opium production are possible, albeit rare; but, unless global demand shrinks, production will shift elsewhere, with little or no effect on the ag...

Lieutenant, Medical Corps, United States Naval Reserve

The initial observations on the interference phenomenon were made in virus diseases of plants. In 1929, McKinney (1) observed that plants infected by tobacco mosaic virus resisted infection with a variant strain of this virus. Thung (2), in 1931, was apparently the first to study the phenomenon in detail in plants. Numerous examples of interference between plant viruses have been reported subse...

United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland

Vessel generated wake wash can lead to erosion of loose bank sediments and the destruction of fragile aquatic habitats. Although various studies have been done to quantify the magnitudes of boat wakes and their associated energy, there is yet to be a single model which can universally predict wave heights across different vessel sizes, boating speeds and hull forms. The goal of this study is th...

Health System Reform in the United States

In 2010, the United States adopted its first-ever comprehensive set of health system reforms in the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Implementation of the law, though politically contentious and controversial, has now reached a stage where reversal of most elements of the law is no longer feasible. The controversial portions of the law that expand affordable health insurance coverage to most U.S. cit...

Color Atlas of Pathology: United States Naval Medical School